Word: sluggish
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sluggish sales defy "If you hype it, they will come" philosophy...
...presume that a President's nomination will be approved, barring a serious impediment. But when Brown appeared before the committee last fall and no Republican Senators asked any questions, he thought it would be prudent to put his house in Berkeley, California, up for sale in January. Despite the sluggish market, a buyer miraculously appeared. Brown negotiated a four-month leaseback, but the family had to move out before confirmation. They no longer have meals together in their eat-in kitchen because there is no kitchen. School tuition is paid on a per diem basis. Every book, picture album, game...
...they discover girls. Mostly, though, the characters seem even simpler when played by actors than they did as cartoons. The costumes that help them resemble a candelabrum or a clock also render them slow and clunky. Maybe that is why, despite a barrage of whizbangery, the show is sluggish...
...Children who drink caffeinated soda show significant improvements in tests of attention and manual dexterity, a new study reports. Not surprisingly, the kids also said the caffeine made them feel less sluggish -- and more anxious...
...nice to win any game, but we know we beat a pretty good hockey team tonight," Harvard Coach Ronn Tomassoni stressed after quitting time last night. "We did what we had to do, and although as a team we were a little sluggish, I'm pleased with the way we bounced back from the emotion of the Beanpot game Monday night [against Boston University...